The Oxford dictionary named “brain rot” the term of the year for 2024, and I’m not surprised. In fact, it was around this ...

Named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2024, “brain rot” has become a popular online term. Here are some signs and ...

Jack Gordon conducts a pilot study to investigate the effects of 'brain rot' (content consumption) on cognitive performance. A scientific experiment with surprising results!

The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird ...

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Brain rot, a phrase popular among Gen Z and Alpha, is also a notably self-deprecating term, Benjamin K. Johnson, Ph.D., an associate professor of advertising at the University of Florida, ...

Brain rot, the colloquial term used to describe excessive consumption of low-quality online content, particularly short videos on social media, has become so mainstream that it was voted Oxford ...

The linguist and author of “Algospeak” traces how content moderation is breeding a whole new way of speaking — and what it ...

Now Oxford's Word of the Year, language experts concluded from 37,000 votes around the globe that "brain rot" has increased in usage by 230% between 2023 and 2024.

Brain rot is a pretty graphic term, but don’t worry, your brain isn’t actually rotting, says Amanda Elton, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at University of Florida.